The Goofy Gophers is a Looney Tunes cartoon (later reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodie.) This marks the first appearance of the Goofy Gophers, which would appear in 8 more shorts in the Golden Age of American Animation.

This was long-believed to be in the public domain, however, United Artists, in fact renewed the copyright on January 2, 1974.

Storyline

The cartoon opens up with a dog guarding a vegetable garden and falling asleep. The dog then spots two gophers (Mac and Tosh) eating carrots. The dog disguises himself as a tomato vine and poses as an actual plant in the garden. The Gophers spot the tomato vine, grab a bunch of vegetables, and throw a pumpkin on the dog before striking him with a shovel. The gags are plenty as the Gophers continue to outwit their canine nemesis. Eventually, they launch the dog, via rocket, into outer space towards the moon. The Gophers, now triumphant, gloat that they will have all the carrots to themselves. But suddenly a familiar carrot-chomping noise is heard; the camera then pans to the side, revealing Bugs Bunny (whose voice is noticeably sped-up for this cameo) leaning against a tall pile of carrot stumps: "Well, I wouldn't say that!" Bugs laughs as the cartoon irises-out.

This is one of the few a.a.p. CN prints to air in the US, without the a.a.p. opening. However, the "dubbed version" airs from time to time with the wrong "dubbed" ending card. The US uses the 1946-55 ending since 2011. The EU still uses the 1941-55 MM ending in the "dubbed version".